An Earthwise Garden workshop this Saturday will help participants welcome in spring and brighten their homes with vibrant Easter colours.
Chiara Ubertino will be teaching a handful of lucky locals in a Traditional Ukrainian Easter Egg workshop from 1 to 4 p.m.
The craft of making "pysanky" eggs dates back thousands of years. Participants will design the intricate eggs by painting the shells with beeswax and colourful dyes while exploring the history of the painted eggs and the symbolism behind their Christian and pre-Christian designs.
"I have been making pysanky since I was young, every year around Eastertime," says Ubertino. "I studied Byzantine iconography under a Ukrainian iconographer, and studied Petrykivka, a traditional Ukrainian folk art, from another Ukrainian artist. I am a huge lover of the folk and traditional arts, especially Ukrainian folk art."
Beautiful Ukrainian hand-painted pysanky make for a perfect spring display indoors as the flowers are just starting to bloom outside.
For Ubertino, designing the intricate and colourful pysanky is a meditative craft.
"I often spend entire days, going into the night, working on the eggs," she says.
To take part in the workshop, contact Corinne at [email protected] or 604-946-9828 or visit the Earthwise Society's Facebook page. The workshop costs $35 per person and is for ages 11 and up. There is a maximum of 10 participants.
